Vegan Spiced Almond Banana Milk

Breakfast is my main chick. My main steeze. My main squeeze. My major.

But so many times I skip breakfast, decide to eat a cup of coffee instead, sit at my computer and next thing I know it it’s noon and I’m so angry. I’m hangry.

So, in 2013 I didn’t have any major resolutions. I’m not good at those. But I did decide to eat breakfast more regularly. And I to travel to far away places.

One of my main problems in the morning is that I’m not that hungry. I don’t wake up ravenous; I wake up wanting water and coffee. And Instagram. I have to force myself to consume something at 8am. This banana milk a good option. It’s nutritious, tasty, and super easy to make.

I love making homemade nut milks. Sure, you can buy almond milk for $2 at most grocery stores. But I spiced this one up a bit with star anise, a vanilla bean and cardamom. It was extra delicious and extra special.

The almonds soak overnight in water with the spices and in the morning they’re drained and take a trip to the blender to get pulsed with even more water.

After the last straining, you have a bunch of almond milk you can grab out of the fridge whenever you’re feeling it.

In this instance, I used it to make banana milk.

Ohhh bananas, I luv u, like, a lot. Recently I’ve been a little obsessed with banana, and honestly have no idea why.

I got the idea for banana milk from an old Marion Cunningham cookbook I have on my shelf. Her recipe used real milk and since I don’t drink cow’s milk (I don’t love the flavor), I decided to change it up.

While I was doing some banana milk research, I learned that it’s crazy popular in Korea. A childhood staple, for some. Who knew! Cool! This commercial is all about a grown up dude drinking banana milk. And then his mother (?) or grandmother (?) starts booty dancing. If that commercial doesn’t sell you on banana milk, then I don’t know what will. I mean, banana milk is just that good!

My wish is that you make this almond banana milk and it makes you dance like grandma.

2. Strain the almonds, discarding the water, vanilla bean, star anise and cardamom pods. Transfer the almonds to a blender and add 3 cups of water. Blend until very smooth, 2-3 minutes. Strain the almond and water mixture using a cheesecloth and strainer. Transfer the almond milk to a glass container and keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.

3. To make the almond banana milk, add 1 1/2 cups of almond milk to the well of a blender. Throw in 2 bananas and a pinch of salt; blend until nearly smooth. Divide between two glasses and serve immediately.

Sounds deliciously refreshing! I’ve got to be honest, I’ve never tried almond milk before, let alone banana almond milk… I’m going to watch the vid after I’ve pinned this, just so I find out what it’s all about

Mmm! That sounds delicoius! I have the same problem when I get up (although that most certainly is not at 8 am… oops!), but KNOW it’ll catch up with me if I don’t shove something down. Ugh. I’ll give this a go – thanks!

This was amazing. Just what I needed this morning to get my day going nicely.
That almond milk is also calling my name for some iced coffee later in the day! That is if I don’t whip up another banan milk later.
Thank you!!!

I found this on Pinterest, just made it, and it’s amazing! I like your idea for adding the whole spices to soak the almonds. This is officially the first time I have really liked almond milk–now I can stop buying soy milk!

I made something similar this morning. I used about a cup and a half of almond milk, a frozen banana, some instant coffee and vanilla powder and I blended this in the small container of my blender. This was delicious, a refreshing way to have a cup of coffee. I will try your recipe. Btw, nice web site.